Test Lead, Microsoft 365

Test Lead, Microsoft 365

On behalf of our client, Procom is currently seeking a Test Lead, Microsoft 365.

Test Lead, Microsoft 365 Job Duties:

• Understanding the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project,
• Estimating and obtaining management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing,
• Defining the testing strategy,
• Building a testing team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation,
• Identifying training requirements and forward it to the Project Manager (Technical and Soft skills),
• Developing the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan,
• Arranging the Hardware and software requirement for the Test Setup,
• Assigning tasks to all Testing Team members and ensure that all of them have sufficient work in the project,
• Ensuring content and structure of all Testing documents / artifacts is documented and maintained,
• Documenting, implementing, monitoring, and enforcing all processes for testing as per standards defined by the organization,
• Coordinating the test team to work closely with the business SME’s and the vendor to create and modify test cases and test scripts,
• Checking / Reviewing the Test Cases documents,
• Keeping track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project,
• Escalating issues about project requirements (Software, Hardware, Resources) to the Project Manager,
• Organizing the status meetings and send the Status Report (Daily, Weekly etc.) to the Project Manager,
• Communication with the Client (if required),
• Acting as the single point of contact between Development and Testers,
• Tracking and preparing the report of testing activities like test testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines etc.,
• Ensuring the timely delivery of different testing milestones,
• Preparing / updating the metrics dashboard at the end of a phase or at the completion of project,
• Mentoring less experienced team members to create test scripts, execute testing and log defects,
• Supporting and maintaining Test Tools,
• Providing thought leadership to support communication and artifacts for readiness activities and transition to sustainment including Service desk and NTT where appropriate,
• Working with Cloud Services Leadership and all relevant stakeholder teams to identify, document, manage, and resolve issues and risks identified including mitigating change and training impacts,
• Supporting communications and distribution of engagement toolkits (including templates, key messages, etc.), and
• Supporting other Cloud Services change management team members (e.g. change and communications analyst(s) and testers).

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Drafting reports, briefing notes, and other supporting documentation for senior management and governance working groups,
• Facilitating meetings (inclusive of agenda, minutes and other meeting materials), and
• Other duties as assigned.

Critical / Mandatory skillset:

• Demonstrated experience understanding the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project,
• Ability to estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing,
• Experience defining the testing strategy,
• Ability to building a testing team with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation,
• Work experience with software quality control concepts and practices,
• Ability to create, update, and review test documentation,
• Knowledgeable of defect resolution processes and practices,
• Work experience with test case management, requirements and defect tracking tools,
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail,
• Troubleshooting skills on windows OS, web and client/server applications,
• Experience with backend and API testing and related test tools,
• Experience maintaining and supporting Test Tools (i.e. TestRail) in large Enterprise and/or Healthcare environments would be beneficial,
• Able to communicate effectively and build relationships with developers, business analysts, less experienced testers and project managers,
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently,
• Excellent leadership, team building, and collaboration skills,
• Able to analyze problems and strategize for better solutions,
• Ability to take ownership and independently drive progress,
• Ability to adapt evolving technology requirements as they are introduced during the project, and applying these into a clinical context to meet user requirements,
• Critical thinking skills and strong process orientation, and
• Organizational and time management skills.

Desirable skillset:

• 2+ years of experience with BC Health Authorities,
• Testing of Microsoft products (TEAMS, Exchange, SharePoint etc.),
• Working knowledge of hospital/clinical systems, care delivery processes, clinical roles, policies, and standards preferably gained in the PHSA, PHC or VCH environment,
• Understanding of organizational dynamics to manage variety of different stakeholders,
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple clinical and business stakeholders and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment,
• Ability to translate and express clinical, process and technical problems, outcomes and benefits using layperson terms,
• Direct experience designing and implementing and support testing in a large, complex multi-stakeholder environment, and
• Certification from a training association is an asset.

Test Lead, Microsoft 365 Work Assignment Length:

February 28 2023 with possible long extensions

Test Lead, Microsoft 365 Start Date:

ASAP

Test Lead, Microsoft 365 Assignment Location:

• Interviews are anticipated to be scheduled from September 27th to 29th, 2022

Candidates must be located within British Columbia’s Greater Vancouver area ( Full vaccination proof is mandatory)